LEWISTON —  A 44-year-old Auburn man charged with raping and killing a college student in 1993 in Fairbanks, Alaska, is fighting extradition to that state, telling a judge Tuesday through a lawyer that he thinks “there must be some mistake.” Eight District Court Judge John Martin ordered Steven Harris Downs, 44, of 132 Hillcrest St., […]

SANFORD – The following people were arrested or charged by Sanford Police Feb. 11 to 18: • Jordan Andrew Bubak, 30, Portland was arrested on a warrant on Main Street. • Jamie Evans, 34, Sanford, was issued a summons charging shoplifting theft on Main Street. During the same incident, William L. Evans III, 34, of […]

BIDDEFORD — Auditions are beginning now for the unique play “The Bad Cats of Biddeford.” In May, the play will make its debut in the Biddeford Middle School auditorium and is adapted from a children’s book written by Crystal Ward Kent and based on real events that took place in the city in the early 1990s […]

MANCHESTER — A Smithfield man was arrested Monday night after leading Augusta police on a low-speed chase through Augusta, Manchester and Winthrop. Adrian Silva, 64, was arrested in the parking lot of Mulligan’s convenience store on Western Avenue in Manchester without incident and charged with failing to stop for an officer. A witness told the Kennebec […]

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Maine State Housing Authority will make available $3 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding to the Maine Home Energy Assistance Program. This additional TANF block grant funding will help low-income families with children cover the cost of fuel this winter, […]

RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — A nonprofit Israeli consortium said Monday that it hopes to make history this week by launching the first private aircraft to land on the moon. SpaceIL and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries told a news conference that the landing craft — dubbed “Beresheet,” or Genesis — will take off from Florida, […]

BIDDEFORD — A suspect wanted on a nationwide felony warrant was arrested by Maine State Police and Biddeford Police on Monday after he jumped out of a second-story window in an apparent effort to avoid capture. Police used a stun gun to subdue Jamison Snyder, 47, of Biddeford, after they found him on the ground […]

AUGUSTA – State Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio said she was surprised when residents of a Sanford multi-unit apartment building were allowed to re-occupy their apartments after the discovery of a meth lab in one of the units in 2017. Mastraccio told the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee last week that the first of two bills she is sponsoring, […]

KENNEBUNKPORT — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Kennebunkport Police from Jan. 1 to Feb. 13, 2019: • Luis Martinez, 46, of Kennebunkport, was issued a summons for charged with operating a motor vehicle without a license after he was stopped by officers for an unrelated motor vehicle violation on Goose […]